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Hydrogen Fueling Stations Now Operating or Planned in 15 States

May 31, 2006

This Shell hydrogen fueling station opened at an existing filling station in Washington, D.C., as part of a DOE partnership. Credit: Shell

More than 50 hydrogen fueling stations are now operating or planned in
15 states and the District of Columbia, according to the National
Hydrogen Association (NHA). The NHA has created a new online database
of hydrogen fueling stations, which lists 32 operational fueling
stations and 19 on the drawing boards. Of the operating stations,
21 are private and 9 are available to the public, and nearly all are
stationary. The private facilities generally serve transit agencies or
public or private fleets; most of the planned facilities will be
private. California is a strong leader among the states, with
16 hydrogen fueling stations in operation and another 12 planned. The
other states with hydrogen fueling stations either planned or
operating are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Vermont. See the NHA Hydrogen Fueling Stations online database.

California is planning to extend its lead, as the state's Air
Resources Board (ARB) is offering $3.75 million to help establish
three publicly available hydrogen fueling stations. The stations must
start operating by the end of 2007 and continue operating at least
through 2009. Bids are due on June 2nd. Meanwhile, DOE fulfilled its
promise to release requests for proposals for basic research for the
Hydrogen Fuel Initiative by the end of April. The DOE solicitations
were posted on the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences Web site on
April 20th, and responses are due by July 6th. See the DOE solicitations
and the ARB solicitation on the
California State Contracts Register Web site.